by Dave | Jan 14, 2025 | Emotional Health Articles, Intellectual Health Articles, Spiritual Health Articles
Active Listening: A Key to Building Empathy
Active listening is a fundamental communication skill that enhances understanding and fosters deeper connections between individuals, cultivating empathy. It transcends mere hearing, requiring engagement and focus on the speaker’s words, emotions, and intentions. At its core, active listening comprises several critical components, each contributing to the efficacy of interpersonal interactions. These elements include attentiveness, non-verbal communication, and responding appropriately to the speaker’s message.
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by Dave | Jan 13, 2025 | Environmental Health Articles, Physical Health Articles
Understanding Dry Eye Syndrome
Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) is a common condition characterized by insufficient tear production or poor-quality tears, resulting in discomfort, irritation, and potential damage to the eye’s surface. This syndrome can occur due to various reasons that disrupt the balance of tear production and evaporation. Tears play a crucial role in maintaining eye health by providing lubrication, nutrients, and protection against infections. The composition of tears includes water, oils, and mucus, each contributing to the optimal function of the ocular surface.
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by Dave | Jan 11, 2025 | Nutritional Health Articles
Overview
Is it possible that a substance known for over 100 years can do so much with so little fanfare? Orotic acid is a compound that has been associated with the vitamin B complex historically and also one of five compounds in riboflavin. Orotic acid was first discovered by the German chemist, Georg F. Stobbe in 1869. Stobbe isolated Orotic acid from rice water which is where it gets its name.
Orotic acid is found in seafood, apples, raspberries and root vegetables. Orotic acid is derived from the decay of ribonucleotides in the body and is also essential for cellular metabolism.
Orotic acid is a molecule that can be found throughout nature. It was considered part of the vitamin B complex though it is no longer classified as such. It is found in humans, animals, plants, soil, water, and other natural sources such as mushrooms and root vegetables in small quantities.
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by Dave | Jan 10, 2025 | Intellectual Health Articles, Nutritional Health Articles, Physical Health Articles
Overview
Iodine is an essential mineral and one of human health’s most important elemental minerals. It plays a critical role in maintaining healthy thyroid function. Iodine is required to make thyroid hormones which regulate energy, protein, fat, and other hormones. Iodine provides the building blocks for thyroxine and triiodothyronine. These hormones, in turn, regulate your body’s metabolism.
Iodine prevents goiter, an enlarged thyroid. Iodine deficiency can result in low energy levels, depression, weight gain, and problems with the nervous system.
It is an essential mineral that has huge health implications but most people are not getting enough of it in their diets.
This article is about the benefits of the iodine protocol, iodine rich food, supplements and the implications of insufficient amounts in our diet.
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by Dave | Jan 9, 2025 | Intellectual Health Articles, Spiritual Health Articles
The mysterious pineal gland is a small organ in the brain located near to the center of the brain, just below the two hemispheres, and behind the ocular cavity. It is easily visible as a tiny pine cone-shaped structure.
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